1. Education and Society Sociology 3452

19. Survey about you

20. SOC 3452 ~ Education & Society
GOALS Better understand how "education" works Critically evaluate education issues and policy questions surrounding those issues Challenge our assumptions and opinions about those issues and questions

21. SOC 3452 ~ Education & Society
SOURCES Academic and other materials Our backgrounds and experiences Community-engaged learning activities Discussion and reflection

22. SOC 3452 ~ Education & Society
NOTES This is your class as much as mine My viewpoint is no more valuable or “right” than yours For this class to work: We must have diverse perspectives, and we must be comfortable expressing our views Facts are real. We can disagree about what they mean, but not that they exist This is a class about education, not sociology

24. Community-Engaged Learning (CEL)
CEL = meaningful community service
+ class materials
+ reflection
Goals:
Richer learning experience
Integrating civic responsibility and academics
Solving community problems

25. Community-Engaged Learning (CEL)
CEL is not… … less important than other parts of the class … unrelated to the other parts of the class … volunteer work … a one-way street

27. Outline of Class Schedule
Week 1 Intro to class, CEL Weeks 2-3 Lectures for background Weeks 4-12 Topics presentations Weeks CEL presentations